{"id":18706,"date":"2024-11-24T21:53:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-24T21:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18706"},"modified":"2024-11-24T21:53:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-24T21:53:19","slug":"india-prime-minister-to-receive-barbados-highest-national-honour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpt.m2mbeta.com\/?p=18706","title":{"rendered":"India Prime Minister to receive Barbados\u2019 highest national honour"},"content":{"rendered":"<div property=\"schema:text\">\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:11px\"><span style=\"11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"Aptos,sans-serif\">In a historic gesture of gratitude and recognition, the Government of Barbados will confer its highest national honour, the Honourary Freedom of Barbados, upon the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:11px\"><span style=\"11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"Aptos,sans-serif\">The award will be presented during a formal ceremony and parade on Saturday November 30, the 58th Anniversary of Barbados\u2019 Independence and the Third Anniversary of its transition to republican status.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:11px\"><span style=\"11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:normal\"><span style=\"Aptos,sans-serif\">The announcement of this award comes days after Guyana bestowed its highest national order, \u00a0the Order of Excellence on Modi who was attending the Caribbean Community\u2019s CARICOM-India Summit in Georgetown.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:11px\"><span style=\"11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"Aptos,sans-serif\">A statement from the Barbados government said Prime Minister Modi is being honoured for his compassion and humanity during one of Barbados\u2019 most challenging times\u2014the global COVID-19 pandemic.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:11px\"><span style=\"11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"Aptos,sans-serif\">\u201cHis strategic leadership and urgent action taken to assist Barbados with Covishield vaccines that changed the course of the COVID-19 pandemic and minimised its social and economic impacts on island remains forever etched in our hearts,\u201d the statement said.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:11px\"><span style=\"11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"Aptos,sans-serif\">The Honourary Freedom of Barbados is a revered accolade, granted to individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to Barbados or its people. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:11px\"><span style=\"11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"Aptos,sans-serif\">It represents the nation\u2019s highest gratitude and acknowledgment of outstanding service.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom:11px\"><span style=\"11pt\"><span style=\"line-height:107%\"><span style=\"Aptos,sans-serif\">The November 30 event will also mark significant milestones in Barbados\u2019 journey as an independent and republican nation, with attendees expected from across the world to witness this momentous occasion.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\nn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\nif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\nn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\nt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\ns.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\nfbq('init', '249150960314330');\nfbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<hr style=\"border-top: 2px solid #ccc; margin-top: 20px;\">\n<p><em>Source: <\/em> <em><a href=\"https:\/\/politics.einnews.com\/article\/763440107\/8Ifw4iGFgHB286vX?ref=rss&amp;ecode=kmfm9fDbRbj4OPCJ\">politics.einnews.com\u2026<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a historic gesture of gratitude and recognition, the Government of Barbados will confer its highest national honour, the Honourary Freedom of Barbados, upon the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi. 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